The City of Seattle Fire Department has a helpful fact sheet about fire escape ladders. Once you've made your purchase, make sure everyone in your home knows where the ladders are and how to use them.

How would you get our of your house in a fire? We’ve heard of people saying they would tie bed sheets together and climb down or throw a mattress out a window and jump on it. “In reality there ...

Photo 3. Standard Fire Escape. The gooseneck ladder is a vertical ladder that extends from the top-floor balcony of a standard fire escape to the roof.

A guide to the best expert-backed fire safety tools that could protect your home, family, and loved ones in an emergency — from fire blankets to safes, escape ladders, and more.

Escape ladders can be stored away in an accessible location when not in use, but ensure that every member of the household knows where it is and knows how to properly use it.

While it's a good idea for people with upstairs bedrooms to have a collapsible fire escape ladder handy, quickly finding and deploying the thing could be difficult in a smoke-filled home. That's ...

Kiddle 3-Story Fire Escape Ladder. $78. Buy on Home Depot. If you have a home with more than one story, a portable fire ...

Keep any escape ladder you buy near the window where you intend to use it, so you’ll know where to find it during a fire. Test your smoke alarms. Follow the manufacturer’s directions on how to ...

A federal jury has awarded $116 million to the young inventors of a fire-escape ladder who said their design was stolen by a national fire-safety company.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Through a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Springfield Fire Department has 50 First Alert fire escape ladders to provide to Springfield residents living ...

Brett Russell and Eric Hartsfield, both veteran firefighter-paramedics with Norfolk Fire-Rescue, have spent the past five years developing an escape ladder that’s built into a home’s upstairs ...

“I started crying when I saw that.” “In 50 years of fire experience, that’s the first time I’ve ever seen an escape ladder used,” Bill Bailey, Ravena Volunteer Safety Officer, said.